Birch Community Association

Analysis

Birch Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birch Community Association reported income of £90k and spending of £114k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £96k to £90k (-5.8%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Birch Community Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vidiyal Trust (£90k), Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers (£90k) and The Christian Healing Mission (£90k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.